Posted on 06/12/2020 11:08:02 AM PDT by jazusamo
Heralding New York as the progressive model of the nation, Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled new police reforms at his Friday press conference. He signaled his intent to sign bills just passed by the state legislature, including the repeal of 50-a, which since 1976 had kept hidden the disciplinary records of police officers. The legislation will also ban the use of chokeholds, allow the attorney general to appoint special prosecutors in certain incidents, and end false race-based 911 reports. He called them the "most aggressive reforms" in the nation in regards to police departments.
#BREAKING : I am signing into law nation-leading criminal justice & police reform bills — including legislation that ends 50-A & bans chokeholds.
Thank you to @AndreaSCousins , @CarlHeastie & the Legislature for your partnership and fast action.
This is a historic moment for NY.
50-a is a section of New York law that let police, fire and corrections departments keep disciplinary and personnel records under wraps for all employees, the NY Daily News explains .
Gov. Cuomo added that he's launching an initiative called the NYS Police Reform & Reinvention Collaborative and will sign an Executive Order which will mandate that local governments and police agencies "develop a plan that will reinvent and modernize police strategies and programs." He said he will not fund police agencies that do not enact these reforms.
"Police reform is long overdue," Cuomo said. "Mr. Floyd's murder is just the most recent murder. This is not just about Mr. Floyd's murder. It's about being here before. Many, many times before."
The governor said it's about about a long running "injustice against minorities in America by the criminal justice system."
"How many times do you have to see the same case before you do something?" he asked.
Police reform is also being debated on Capitol Hill. The Democrats offered the Justice and Policing Act, while Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) is leading the charge on the GOP-led effort, the Justice Act Package.
Cuomo did not speak at length about the violence that has been aimed at police officers themselves the past few weeks as protests and riots have erupted across the state. Nearly 400 NYPD police officers have been injured in the unrest. A few NYPD officers were even run over a few weeks ago on an especially chaotic night in the city. Cuomo at one point actually blamed the NYPD for some of the violence, before walking it back .
Cuomo was never that great.
GREAT question!
Crime in NY to skyrocket very soon......................
If I was a member of NYPD I would be sending my resume to every red state around. Neither Cuomo nor DeBlasio will stand behind them.
Makes me want to go to NYC, NOT!!!!!
Remember when Rudy Giuliani cut crime in half in NYC because he focused on heavier policing. 2001 seems ages ago.
“Heralding New York as the progressive model of the nation, Gov. Andrew Cuomo...”
Ooh, Gov gruesome in CA will not be pleased. The 2024 dem presidential debates could be bloody.
If I truly felt that police work was my calling, I would be sending resumes right and left throughout the country and certainly if I had a family. No one should be subjected to such Pharaoh-spirited leadership.
“...Neither Cuomo nor DeBlasio will stand behind them....”
Forrest Gump would wish he had these two lawless, mindless assclowns for his definitions of STUPID.....how far to the WRONG SIDE of an issue can you go??
More Legislation based on Fallacy.
They called Reagan the Teflon President.
Democrat Politicians are Flubber. Things don’t just slide off them, they bounce off and accelerate in the opposite direction.
More like based on fantasy !
Batches? We don’t need no steenkin’ batches.
I was surprised to learn that through most of the 19th century, most American states had laws that required towns and states to compensate citizens for damages to property due to riots and looting.
The idea being that the state has failed in its responsibility, and thus looting is a form of “inverse condemnation” - the state taking property without due process and without compensation
Of course, Leftists and Dems gutted those laws in the 1960s - just in time for riots to engulf most Democrat cities.
Time to bring back this liability to both Cities and Police.
in an alternate universe, Cuomo was charged
for the murder of elderly in nursing homes
who were conservative politically, and
-— according to DNC plans -—
needed to die, and did after he intercalated
sick infected people after they were tested,
logged, tagged, and bagged.
How do you know they're false until you investigate them? Will the 911 operator ask if you are white and the perp is black?
If so, will they be required to cancel the call? What if it was a real call? Could NY and 911 be sued?
I’m OK with ending choke holds, eliminating privacy on police abuse records and ending most no knock middle of the night breaking and entering (except in extreme circumstances of known threats to life). These middle of the night no knock break ins are sometimes at the wrong address and they threaten armed law abiding citizens that react to the perceived threats. Cops can wait until the suspect leaves house etc. in AM. We don’t need more Charlie Stone stories.
Bad cops have been known to move from jurisdiction or state to state and they need to be scarlet lettered in my humble opinion. I’m OK with eliminating unions too although police do need some protections. Dems will not eliminate unions. Bad cops need purged.
Hopefully not as aggressive as his nursing home reforms
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